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villa (rustic, vella, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 4), ae, f. dim. [most prob. for vicula, from vicus], a country-house, country-seat, farm, villa.

  1. I. In gen., Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 9; Col. 1, 6, 21; Cato, R. R. 4; Varr. R. R. 4, 4, 2; Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33; Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 5; Hor. C. 2, 3, 18; 3, 22, 5; id. Epod. 1, 29.
  2. II. In partic.: Villa Publica, in the Campus Martius, as the gathering-place, rendezvous for recruits, and of the people for the census, etc., Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 4; Cic. Att. 4, 16, 14; Liv. 4, 22, 7; 34, 44, 5; Flor. 3, 21, 24.
    As the residence of foreign ambassadors, Liv. 30, 21, 12; 33, 24, 5.
    1. B. = vicus, a village, App. M. 8, p. 209, 4.

villum, i, n. dim. [contr. from vinulum, from vinum], a sup of wine: hoc villi, Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 11.

villus, i, m. [Sanscr. urā, sheep; Gr. εἶρος, wool; cf. vellus], shaggy hair, a tuft of hair; of beasts, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121; id. ib. 2, 63, 158; Verg. G. 3, 446; id. A. 5, 352; Ov. H. 6, 49; Mart. 14, 136, 2; Sid. Ep. 5, 17 med. al.
Of cotton, Plin. 11, 23, 27, § 77: tonsis mantelia villis, the nap of cloth, Verg. G. 4, 377; id. A. 1, 702.